IMAGES: Battle for Telangana resumes at Osmania

Battle for Telangana resumes at Osmania campus

Groups of students supporting the demand for a separate state of Telangana clashed with police at Osmania University campus for the second day on Friday.

Following the Telangana bandh call given by the Telangana Students Joint Action Committee, the protesting students tried to hold a rally at the varsity campus and hurled stones when the police stopped them, a police officer said.

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Image: Pro-Telangana students of Osmania university hurl stones at security forces in Hyderabad on FridayPhotographs: SnapsIndia

Battle for Telangana resumes at Osmania campus

Meanwhile, pro-Telangana activists on Friday held huge rallies and formed human chains in Karimnagar, Adilabad, Warangal, Nalgonda, Medak and Nizambad districts of Telangana region and burnt copies of the committee report.

Battle for Telangana resumes at Osmania campus

Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police K Aravinda Rao on Friday said that some miscreants were trying to create tension by circulating SMSes in bulk claiming that police fired on students at Osmania University.

Image: Policemen clash with protesting students at the campus on FridayPhotographs: SnapsIndia

Battle for Telangana resumes at Osmania campus

"Only tear-gas shells were fired when a mob of protesters pelted stones injuring 24 personnel including an Additional DCP. No firing took place," Rao told mediapersons after a meeting with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at the secretariat in Hyderabad on Friday afternoon.

Image: Security forces try to close the main entrance gate of the Osmania varsityPhotographs: SnapsIndia